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      <h1><a name="1033512">About This Manual</a></h1>
      <p><a name="1034303">This document provides information on new and changed features for version 5.8 of the C and C++ application programming interface (API) used to read and write Cadence</a><font color="#000000"><sup>&#174;</sup></font> Design Exchange Format (DEF) files.</p>
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      <p><a name="1034609">This </a><font color="#000000"><em>What's New</em></font> document is organized into the following chapters:</p>
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      <blockquote><a name="1034611">This chapter describes features that were added since version 5.7 of the DEF API. New features are those that introduce new functionality into the DEF API. Any enhancements made to existing statements to support a new feature are also described in this chapter.</a></blockquote>
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      <blockquote><a name="1034342">This chapter discusses features that were changed since version 5.7 of the DEF API. Changed features include such things as changes in default behavior, changes in whether keywords and statements are required, and any other changes that do not reflect new functionality.</a></blockquote>
      <h2><a name="1034350">Related Documents</a></h2>
      <p><a name="1034351">The following documents provide detailed information about LEF and DEF, and the LEF and DEF application programming interfaces.</a></p>
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